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Deadheading

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-001723

The practice of removing dead or spent flowers to encourage subsequent flowering, prevent seed production or to improve the plant's appearance.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-001723
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectPlant Production, Gardening
Synonymsdead-heading
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoPlant cultural practices; Cull trees; Flowering
TranslationsSpanish: cortando las flores marchitas
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001723",
  "term": "Deadheading",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The practice of removing dead or spent flowers to encourage subsequent flowering, prevent seed production or to improve the plant's appearance.",
  "synonyms": [
    "dead-heading"
  ],
  "subject": "Plant Production, Gardening",
  "see_also": [
    "plant cultural practices",
    "cull trees",
    "flowering"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "cortando las flores marchitas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/deadheading/"
}

Record 1,702 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.